Investment fees

While a financial advisor can represent a great asset in matters of retirement planning, make sure you won’t be paying them higher fees than you need to be. Investment fees might run 1-2% of your assets.

For those retirees that have invested over million dollars, that’s almost $10-20k a year. So if you’re only getting an hour of check-in per year, that is an expensive phone call. In case you’re constantly using an advisor, make sure you will go with a service that will match your cost.

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